Nov 2018

Chuck & Sharon’s New Trike 1

2018 Trips & Activities 2

Announcements 3

Facebook 4

New Members 5

Meet & Greet at Acapulco Rest. 6

New Trike/New Car 7

District Memorial Picnic 8-10

Steve goes to Italy 11-20

USA, Our Country 21

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The History Behind the Thanksgiving

Turkey

Why Turkey?

The Oregonian noted that, while we can’t be sure of when the turkey came into the mix, there is one key figure who advocated for the bird to be served on Thanksgiving — Sarah Josepha Hale (1788-1879). Not only did Hale, a well-known writer (she penned “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” among other works), urge families to adopt certain foods like turkey, but she was also the driving force behind pushing the U.S. government to adopt Thanksgiving as an official holi-day. In 1863, Abraham Lincoln obliged —

and here we are today.

Fall is finally upon us and the weather is turning cooler. Sharon and I are looking forward to the Leaf Peeping trip since we have not been able to go before. We have been to Eureka Springs be-fore but not to check out the fall colors. We also have enjoyed the ride to Toad Suck Park and the fellowship with the other chapters and the memories of those who have passed on. Of course we ate too much especially the des-serts. Thanks to all that attended from Chapter E. I think we had the most from our chapter

there

Sharon and I would like to commend all the offi-cers and people who have volunteered to make Chapter E the best AR Chapter. Speaking of volunteers as you may remember the e-mail I sent asking for someone to take Skips job as Ride and education coordinator and the MEC position. We have two people that have come forward and said they would take the positions. Those two being O J and Jan Miles. Jan will be the new Ride coordinator and OJ will be the MEC. Thank you two for stepping up and volun-

teering. I know you will do a great job.

Ride Safely and have a good time!

Sharon & Chuck Eddy

Click here to see the COMPLETE and LATEST CALENDAR https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?

src=gwrra.ar.e@gmail.com Oct 30-Nov 2 Leaf Peeping Trip at Trails Inn– Eureka Springs, AR Nov 11 Sunday Flags at Cedarvale Cemetery, 7:00am put

up, 4:00pm take down Dec 1 District Christmas Party 12 –3pm Dec 6 Chapter E Christmas Party Diamante Country Club 5.30 Hot Springs Village, AR TBA Salvation Army Bell Ringers/ Angel Tree

2018 Officers Chapter Director Chuck & Sharon Eddy

712-299-2838 Assistant Chapter Di-rectors

Mike & Steph Catlett

Treasurer Bob Gunter

Newsletter/Webmaster

Valerie Hewett

Ride Coordinator Skip Klink

Membership Enhance-ment

Don Hewett 501-655-6290

Facebook Administra-tor

OJ & Jan Miles

Sunshine Person Mona Harrison

Quarter Master

Dan Drennon

Meet to Eat Jean Penuel

Couple of the Year

Valerie & Don Hewett

Nov 2018

Each week in the “Clubs’ Corner” of the Village Voice, there will be a short paragraph describing GWRRA and when and where we meet. Thank you OJ & Jan

We have a new Facebook site called “eagle wings

GWRRA”. See page 6 for details

On our web site, www.eaglewingschaptere.org we added a but-

ton so you can easily go to our Facebook page, Eagle WIngs GWRRA.

And, on our Facebook page we added a post so you can easily

go to our web site, www.eaglewingschaptere.org. Just click on the GWRRA new logo. This way you can go from one to the other with just ONE click of the button!

Nov 2018

****** Thanks to OJ Miles ******

Our Chapter E has a new Facebook page. If you are a member of Facebook AND our Facebook site “Eagle wings gwrra” site, just go to this site and browse through all the pictures

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ArkansasEagleWings/

If you are NOT a member of Facebook, go to the facebook site and create a login

https://www.facebook.com

After you have logged onto Facebook, search for “eagle wings gwrra” and you will be on our Chapter E site. This site is closed, meaning you have to be a member of this site to logon and post messages and pictures. This is done so that only our Members can see our posts and pictures. It is NOT a pub-lic site. To become a member of our site click on Members on the left hand side of the page and enter your name under the add members section. Your name will be forwarded to OJ Miles and Don Hewett to accept your membership. After you are accepted, you will then be notified via Facebook that you are a member of our site, There is also a link to our new Facebook page on our web site. The button is on the left hand side labeled “Facebook”. This makes is so so easy to read the newsletter and then go to Facebook to see videos, more pictures and stories. Once you become a member of our “eagle wings gwrra” site, you can post messages and pictures on the site for all to see. Steve Romine has posted a video of our meeting. OJ posted pictures of our next trip to Big Bend. That will be an awesome trip. Please post motorcycle pictures and narratives. This is not a place to post pictures of your grand children or your pets.

Jane & Wes Duehr

Bob & Caron Timme Tim Starr

Keith & Sheri Koch Susie & Joe Ray

Mike & Stephanie Catlett just bought a 2018 Ford Ex-plorer. Chuch & Angie just bought a Honda Trike at Wing Ding Chuck’s Trike is wine berry red. And, it has a Motor Trike model conversion.

Becky “hams” it up

Stephanie is bundled up for the cold weather of 50 de-grees

Valerie & Sylvia traveled in style New Members “to be” Wes & Kat Irby from Calif

22 people from Chapter E were there.

This is the main road into Pompei.

On the right

de were shops for food, clothing etc. All the roofs in town were destroyed during and after the eruption of Mt.

Vesuvius.

The Colossseum in Rome

Pantheon in Rome.

Pompei was a city in Italy near present day Naples. When Mt. Vesuvius erupted in AD79 the town was buried under 13-20 feet of volcanic ash and pumice. Our guide stated that there were around 13,000-15,000 people in the town. In walking the city you realize that this was a good size town. They

are still uncovering new areas even today.

This photo shows the main square.

This persons last moment alive.

This photo is from Pompeii showing Mt Vesuvius in the background.

From the south side of the gulf of Naples it’s a jet boat ride to the Isle of Capri. This photo shows the harbor in Capri. The other main town, Anacapri is at the top of the mountain. This photo was taken from a tour boat and shows some of the “Sea Stacks”) just off the coast of the main island.

This is the Trevi Fountain in Rome

stands 86.29 ft.and 161.25 ft wide.

It is the largest Baroque fountain in the City and one of the famous foun-

tains in the world.

It has was made famous in the movie

“Three Coins in a Fountain”

Pictures cannot describe

the beauty of the fountain.

The photo below is of the coast of Italy. We’re going to Sorento which is in the dis-

tance.

One of the main streets in Sorento.

This photo is from the Ancient Theatre in Taormina Sicily. It shows the coast line including

Taormina and other towns. Mt Etna is in the upper right.

This is the theatre built in the 3rd century BC. They still use it today as seen by the rebuilt stage, modern seating and electronics. It’s typically used for theatrical, operatic and concerts. The photo below is of Taormina on the East coast Sicily. Population of this town is around

12,000.

Photo from the ferry boat coming into Sicilia (Sicily). Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterra-nean Sea. One of the prominent features of this island is Mt Etna an active volcano which is just short of 11,000 feet high. The capital of Sicily is Palermo which has over 5 million inhabitants.

Palermo is the 5th largest city in Italy.

These 2 photos are of Matera Italy. These homes started out as caves. Structures were added later usually onto the top of the caves. For the longest time this town was the black eye of Italy because of the squalor. Matera is one of the oldest continuous inhabited cities in the world be-

ing inhabited since the 10th millennium BC.

This photo is of the Lecce Cathedral in Duomo Square originality built in in 1144. Lecce in the

main city in this region ( the boot heel of Italy) it’s over 2000 years old.

This photo is a typical street in Cefalù Sicily and for that matter for most small towns in Italy. Don’t know if you can see it but all over Italy people hang their laundry out to dry from their bal-conies. It’s not that they don’t have clothes dryers it’s that they

think it’s too expensive to use them.

This is the Cathedral of Cefalù. Construction started in 1131. It was rebuilt around 1400. Cefalù is a town of over 14,000. It is a major tourist destination receiving millions of visitors not only from Sicily but from all over Europe.

This is a shot of the main part of the church.

These photos are of the Royal Palace of Palermo (Sicily). Oldest part on the right and an newer ex-

tension on the left.

This is the courtyard inside the Palace. During WWII the Palace was used by Gen

Patton as his HQ.

This photo is of the Palatine Chapel. It’s located within the Royal Palace. The pictures of religious figures in this photo as well in the next photo are not painted but are mosaics. Tiny pieces of col-ored tile placed by expert craftsman. The art is absolutely amazing. That being said the entire chapel is way way over the top in terms of opulent decoration.

This art is done by mosaics! The chapel was started in 1130 and was fin-

ished 13 years later- amazing.

Just saw these pictures and thought you might enjoy seeing them.